Damn. We should get crap like this more often. I’ve been really enjoying the character art on the packages of the Pursuit of Cobra toys, but a lot of it is obscured by the packaging itself, or just shot from the waist up. Well, Diamond Distributors has given us some updated information about a release timeline for the fourth wave of Pursuit of Cobra figures, and included with that some bad ass full body character art.
Awesome.
This is the text of the Diamond release details:
“POC WAVE 4:
For over twenty-five years G.I. Joe has been defending America and the cause of freedom from the evils of Cobra! Characters like Destro (Version 3), Low Light, Skydive, and Shadow Tracker enter the fight for the fate of the world as these 3 3/4″ figures! Blister card packaging.
Estimated ship date: 1/26/11″
With a ship date this early for the fourth wave of product, I would be shocked if we didn’t see something else hit next spring…perhaps an additional wave or something? Hopefully we’ll get more information soon! Thanks to SNAKE EYES from HissTank.com and The Terror Drome for this information.
I’ll be picking up every figure in this wave. Destro’s going to need a head swap though… I need an SAW Viper and this one is perfect.
One of each, no problem.
Awesome.
@m6d : You and everyone else I know. Don’t need another Destro, but SAW Viper army, here we go!
These are awesome! I love every one of them!
Love the art on these. Rather surprised we haven’t seen any pre-production or prototypes of these on Ebay yet, though. Actually, I don’t remember seeing any for Wave 3 either. Wonder if there was a crackdown on them or something.
I wouldn’t bet on seeing another wave after this one. Remember the flood or product in the 4th quarter and early January of the last couple of years? And then the drought until after Toy Fair? I think we’ll see a repeat of that same scheduling as we wait for the Renegades stuff to start shipping. If there was more coming after Wave 4 then I’d think we’d have seen it by now, either through Hasbro at cons or via eBay midnight Chinese sellers.
Wave 5 will be the Tiger Force / Python Patrol – Pursuit of Cobra repaint wave. 😛
They just said in the Q&A that the Renegades inspired figures will be part of the PoC line in Fall of 2011, so it looks like the line will continue…or at worst, resume later.
m6d – If that means they find a way to fit in City Strike Scarlett, Training Duke, and Jungle Cobra Commander, or some permutation of them including the now orphaned accessories, then bring on the special teams.